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Beaded snowflake ornaments

6 years ago

I wanted to share what I’ve been working on. I’m planning to give these out at our family Thanksgiving dinner.


I buy the metal snowflakes pre-made. I tried making my own ... nope. I make beaded jewelry, so already had other supplies.


I’d love to see Christmas crafts anyone is working on!

















Comments (19)

  • 6 years ago

    Beautiful!

    Jilly thanked 51gerri
  • 6 years ago

    Jinx, those are sooooo pretty!

    Jilly thanked chloebud
  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    Thank you so much, 51gerri and chloebud!


    I’m doing new ones daily. Today I did a turquoise one for my SIL who loves western style decor, and a couple of others.














  • 6 years ago

    LOVE them! How very nice of you to make them for your family.

    Jilly thanked Kim Mac
  • 6 years ago

    Thank you, Kim Mac!

  • 6 years ago

    Beautiful!

    Jilly thanked Gargamel
  • 6 years ago

    Thanks, Gargamel!

  • 6 years ago

    I did a few this afternoon. They’re so much fun. :)

    I wanted to evoke thoughts of Old World, folksy, vintage with these first two. Wood beads, earthy colors. The first one reminds me of decor I saw in Europe when I was young.

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    This one is more folksy, I think ....



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    I love deep blue and gold together.




  • 6 years ago

    Beautiful! Lucky guests :)

    These remind me of ornaments we made one year. Someone had given us a 1970’s era shell beads wall hanging thing. It was awful but we cut the shell beads apart and strung them on wire to create snowflakes. It was so much fun! When I get the tree ornaments out I’ll try to remember to post a picture!

    Jilly thanked miss lindsey (She/Her)
  • PRO
    6 years ago

    These are beautiful!

    Jilly thanked PRM Custom Builders
  • 6 years ago

    Thank you, miss lindsey and PRM!


    miss lindsey, what a creative idea (the shells) ... I’ll remind you to post a picture, I wanna see. :)

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    I love those! How creative and fun. The color combinations are endless and so interesting. Like making great jewelry. Beautiful and I think you could sell those! Love to see some pearl, crystal and whites together!

    Jilly thanked Flo Mangan
  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    Thanks, Flo! I actually am working on exactly the combo you said (the colors are so wintery, I love them!), as well as black/pearl/crystal and brown/amber. You are so right about the color combos being endless — it keeps me up at night thinking of new designs. :D


    ETA: Just noticed this one didn’t post up there, maybe I reached the photo limit. It was actually a mistake, so I won’t give it away. I’m thinking of making myself 4-5 and hanging them from the garland I’ll have on our mantel. The FP is all Austin stone, so I think they’d look nice there.








  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    I did these 5 last night and now it’s time to make duplicates to give out (so I can keep some). :)

    Thanks for looking and for the kind compliments! If anyone reading decides to do some of their own, I’d love to see. I’ll be taking a flake break — time to start cooking for tomorrow, then Christmas decorating this weekend.











    A beachy ornament. :)


  • 6 years ago

    I ended up making so many snowflakes this year! I enjoy it so much. I sent them to friends and relatives out of state, gave away a few to local friends, gave one to a sweet neighbor.


    I do wish I could figure out how to attach the metal forms together to do “double” snowflakes. Wiring them won’t work, and I’m not sure soldering would, either.


    What they’d look like (I just set one on top of the other to see):


  • 6 years ago

    And some of the last singles I did ...



  • 4 years ago

    These are gorgeous. I host a Grand's Christmas party about a week before Christmas. I always have a craft or two for them to work on. I think they will enjoy making the beaded snowflakes. Thanks for the idea.

    Jilly thanked happy2b…gw
  • 4 years ago

    Happy, thank you so much!

    I’m so sorry I’m just now seeing your comment, I didn’t get a notification. Just came by here because I started making mine for this year and wanted to see my old ones. Glad I did. :)

    I hope your grands enjoy crafting them!

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